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Friends

August 19, 2009

“You are going to meet these new friends
in your own community.
Near you, alcoholics are dying helplessly
like people in a sinking ship.
If you live in a large place, there are hundreds.
High and low, rich and poor,
these are future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Among them you will make lifelong friends.
You [...]

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The Gift

July 26, 2009

“When asked, ‘Are there any conditions?‘
we joyfully reply, ‘No, not a one.‘
When skeptically he comes back saying,
‘But certainly there must be things
that I have to do and believe,‘ we quickly answer,
‘In Alcoholics Anonymous there are no musts.‘
Cynically, perhaps, he then inquires,
‘What is all this going to cost me?‘ [...]

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Prayer

April 24, 2009

“Common sense would thus become uncommon sense.
I was to sit quietly when in doubt,
asking only for direction and strength
to meet my problems as He would have me.
Never was I to pray for myself,
except as my requests bore on my
usefulness to others.
Then only might I expect to receive.
But that would be in great measure.”

Bill W., Alcoholics [...]

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Procrastination

March 25, 2009

“After a preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished. We will want to rest on our laurels. The temptation to skip the more humiliating and dreaded meetings that still remain may be great. We may just procrastinate, telling ourselves the time is [...]

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